MCU 5320 Port usage report

[Peter Anders]

Is there a report that I can run to look at the Historical usage of the MCU 5320 ports including the overall utilisation?

[Wayne DeNardi · Accepted solution]

If you're running one of the newest vesions of TMS, then Yes, you can - See Reporting > Bridge Utilisation.

Wayne
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[Peter Anders]

I am running v14.3.1

[Wayne DeNardi]

That's too old then for the Bridge Utilisation report.  I just re-checked the release notes and it was introduced in TMS 14.5.

Wayne
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[frank.calderon]

Do you have a screen shot you can share of the bridge utilization report?  I too am interested in monitoring port useage of our MCUs.  Thanks.
 

[Patrick Sparkman]

Hello Frank -

I don't have a screenshot, but you can read about the new report in the TMS 14.5 release notes, on pg 5, see "New Bridge Utilization Report". 

[Wayne DeNardi]

Here's a screenshot of my Bridge Utilization report... we've got lots of ports (and bridges) that don't get a lot of use at the moment.

Wayne
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[frank.calderon]

Thanks! Very helpful.  I think this will help us.  Have you had any issues with regards to version 14.5?  Our consultants suggested we upgrade from 14.3.2 to 14.4.2 instead of 14.5. 

[Wayne DeNardi]

I'd expect that your consultants recommended 14.4.2 as it's the "N-1" version rather than the latest, so could be considered a more stable version by some.

We've been running TMS 14.5 for two weeks now, and we haven't come across any major problems yet.  The only problems we have had recently have been Java related with the new Java 8 release - see tms-and-java-problem.

Wayne
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[frank.calderon]

Wayne, 

Excellent stuff! Thanks! 

-Frank

[jtborgeso]

Frank,

Here are a couple screenshots of what MCU capacity analysis looks like in vAnalytics from Vyopta (we are a Cisco Preferred Technology Partner). We have both a historical view and a Real Time Monitor as well. 

More info at www.vyopta.com/vanalytics

Cheers.

[frank.calderon]

Thanks. We recently upgraded to TMS 14.5 PE 1.3 and found the bridge utilization report helpful. Although the report refers to the ports as "calls" which can be misleading.

I like your report but might be a little more than we require now from TMS. 

Thanks.